Although Kylie Jenner brought these waffle bites to everybody’s attention, busy mom’s have been making them forever. Tasty, easy, and fast… nothing beats the ease of throwing canned cinnamon rolls into the waffle maker and a couple minutes later having a fun breakfast or brunch the whole family loves!
These easy, yummy cinnamon roll waffles are a quick way to use store bought cinnamon rolls to create a fast and delicious breakfast treat in under 10 minutes.
These little waffle bites are also a great recipe for getting your Kids in the Kitchen trying their hand and making meals! Make sure you supervise their use of the waffle iron, though.
Key Ingredients:
- Roll of canned cinnamon roll dough. Because these puff up quite high in the waffle maker, you want to choose a variety of cinnamon rolls that isn’t jumbo cinnamon rolls, like regular cinnamon rolls from Pillsbury. If desired, choose a variety that comes with cream cheese glaze. Or you could serve these with maple syrup, instead. Or both :).
- Cooking Spray or butter. The sugar from the cinnamon rolls will want to stick to the waffle maker. Use cooking spray or brush the waffle maker with butter to keep this from happening.
Needed Tools:
- Waffle Maker. Any kind of waffle iron will work just fine. If you use a standard waffle maker (NOT for belgian waffles), be extra sure not to choose any “jumbo” variety of cinnamon rolls or they will be far too thick. In my opinion, THIS WAFFLE MAKER, is the best budget-friendly one on the market.
To make Cinnamon Roll Waffles:
- Preheat waffle maker.
- Spray warmed waffle maker with spray oil or brush with butter.
- Place cinnamon rolls on waffle maker. Flatten the cinnamon rolls while you close the waffle maker.
- Allow to cook for 3-4 minutes, until indicator light is on, or until they are golden brown.
- Repeat with remaining cinnamon rolls.
- Remove cinnamon roll waffles from waffle maker and drizzle with cream cheese icing or syrup and serve hot.
Be sure that the cinnamon rolls don’t burn. I found that they can go from golden brown to burnt quite quickly so be sure to keep an eye on them.
Make Ahead/Freeze/Store:
Oh my gosh are these cinnamon roll waffles amazing for making and freezing for later! Make up a big ol’ batch, cool completely, and pop them into a freezer bag or airtight container. Take a couple out and toast them in the toaster. Easy and fast weekday on-the-go breakfast!
Recipe adaptation Ideas:
- Serve cinnamon roll waffles with berries and a sprinkle of powdered sugar.
- Mix a bit of maple syrup into the cream cheese icing.
- Try the flavored cinnamon rolls (like pumpkin!).
- Melt a bit of peanut butter or Nutella to drizzle on top.
- Use the cinnamon roll waffles for sandwiches! Fill them with Peanut Butter & Jam for a fun kid-friendly treat.
- Top with apple slices and a drizzle of honey.
Cinnamon roll waffles
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Preheat waffle maker. Spray warmed waffle maker with spray oil or brush with butter.
- Place one cinnamon roll into each waffle reservoir.
- Close the waffle maker and allow to cook for 3-4 minutes, until lightly browned.
- Remove waffles from waffle maker.
- Top with icing or syrup and serve hot.
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Notes
You can also mix powdered sugar with milk to create more icing for your waffles.
A bit of syrup add tastes great! And of course you can top with fruit if desired.
You can also batch cook these and freeze. Then simply pop already made waffles into the toaster for an easy on the go breakfast.
